Building Lifelong Athletes

Building Lifelong Athletes

Hosted by: Jordan Rennicke, MD

The Building Lifelong Athletes Podcast has one simple goal... to help keep you active and healthy for life. Whether you are a competitive athlete, fitness enthusiast, or just a weekend warrior, this podcast will help...

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BLA 048: Is testosterone bad for your heart?

Episode #45

One of the biggest concerns people have with testosterone replacement therapy is that they have heard it can be bad for their heart. Well is that true? In this episode we look to answer the question whether or not...
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BLA 047: Can your low testoterone be linked to obesity?

Episode #44

If you have gained some weight and don't feel like your normal self, it is very common for some people to blame your testosterone levels... and you may be right... kind of. See, your testosterone levels may be low,...
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BLA 046: The problem with testosterone lab tests

Episode #43

Whether you realized it or not, getting and interpreting a testosterone test is not as easy as you think it would be. There are lots of nuances that you have to consider before you can even make a diagnosis, and...
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BLA 045: Endocrine Society Guidelines- Testosterone Treatment and Monitoring

Episode #42

In this three part series I will be going through the Endocrine Society Guidelines for managing patients with testosterone for hypogonadism. This is a pretty dense document, so this paper will be broken up into three...
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BLA 044: Endocrine Society Guidelines- How to Diagnose Hypogonadism

Episode #41

In this three part series I will be going through the Endocrine Society Guidelines for managing patients with testosterone for hypogonadism. This is a pretty dense document, so this paper will be broken up into three...
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BLA 043: Endocrine Society Guidelines- Physiology and Types of Hypogonadism

Episode #40

In this three part series I will be going through the Endocrine Society Guidelines for managing patients with testosterone for hypogonadism. This is a pretty dense document, so this paper will be broken up into three...
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BLA 042: Testosterone Physiology

Episode #39

Welcome to episode 1 of the fourth season of the podcast! This season we will be talking about a super hot topic and that is...testosterone! In this first episode we will start by talking about the physiology of...
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BLA 041: Botulinum Toxin Injections for Musculoskeletal Use

Episode #38

Most people are probably familiar with botulinum toxin injections for cosmetic purposes, but did you know that it can also be used for sports medicine injuries as well? Join me for this podcast as I discuss how this...
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BLA 040: Hydrodissection Injections

Episode #37

In this episode we cover a lesser known injection type called hydrodissection, which involves the separation of a tissue layer by using an injectable solution.  In this podcast we cover an overview, the mechanism, and...
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BLA 039: Stem Cell Injections

Episode #36

In this episode we cover a very popular topic that is super controversial in the Sports Medicine community, and that is stem cell injections. The potential for these injections sounds amazing, but what do we really...
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BLA 038: Tenotomy and post tenotomy protocols

Episode #35

In this episode we cover a very popular topic that builds upon our two previous podcasts, and that is the concept of needle tenotomy, and the post injection protocol that comes with it. There is a lot of questions on...
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BLA 037: Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Injections

Episode #34

In this episode we cover a very popular topic in the sports medicine community, and that is Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) injections. PRP injections have a lot of hype surrounding them, so in this episode I wanted to...
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